Omer
Omer was given to 70 boys in 2025, #2,103 among boys’ names; 8,923 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,420 Americans named Omer and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 12 and 54.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Omer by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Omer mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Omer is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the senses “wealth, riches” (*audaz) and “famous” (*mēraz).
Ultimately from Frankish *Audamār, which consists of Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) and *mēraz (“famous”). Cognates include Czech and German Otmar. Cognates of *ōd- from *audaz include the first part of the given names Otto, Edward and Edmund.
/ɔ.mɛʁ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Omer?
#2,103 among boys’ names, 2025
Omer fell from #1,946 in 2015 to #2,103 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 39.1 to 41.0 per million.
239 babies in 1918, the peak
Omer peaked in 1918, when 239 babies were given it (234 boys, #392 among boys’ names). The 70 births of 2025 are 29% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,103 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,074 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,237 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,091 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 54 | #2,483 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,014 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 80 | #1,883 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 92 | #1,715 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,952 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 82 | #1,840 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 75 | #1,946 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,035 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 85 | #1,728 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,228 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,192 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 72 | #1,949 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,394 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,021 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,405 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 74 | #1,851 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,099 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 64 | #1,921 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,020 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,839 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,968 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,909 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,012 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,593 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 53 | #1,804 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,860 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,939 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,842 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,071 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,198 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,330 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,411 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,333 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,228 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,821 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,403 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,339 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,825 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 27 | #2,000 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,251 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,793 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,086 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,183 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,533 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,577 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,339 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,964 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,103 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,135 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,100 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,598 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,959 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,816 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,225 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,567 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,339 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,563 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,776 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,577 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,315 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,454 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,403 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,258 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,428 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,246 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,442 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,116 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,151 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,179 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,164 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 49 | #999 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,058 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,011 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 71 | #828 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 49 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 54 | #859 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 53 | #876 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 72 | #771 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 73 | #751 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 84 | #668 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 70 | #736 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 74 | #693 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 79 | #681 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 76 | #690 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 76 | #683 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 92 | #612 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 93 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 99 | #586 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 122 | #530 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 117 | #544 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 136 | #514 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 143 | #490 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 144 | #506 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 157 | #483 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 165 | #469 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 173 | #460 | 0.16 |
| 1924 | 181 | #456 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 190 | #442 | 0.17 |
| 1922 | 226 | #402 | 0.21 |
| 1921 | 217 | #412 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 190 | #439 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 199 | #415 | 0.20 |
| 1918 | 234 | #392 | 0.23 |
| 1917 | 171 | #434 | 0.18 |
| 1916 | 176 | #426 | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 189 | #392 | 0.22 |
| 1914 | 146 | #393 | 0.22 |
| 1913 | 110 | #412 | 0.21 |
| 1912 | 89 | #414 | 0.21 |
| 1911 | 30 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 38 | #450 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 24 | #541 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 39 | #372 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 35 | #383 | 0.24 |
| 1906 | 23 | #470 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 18 | #564 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 20 | #487 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 22 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 31 | #357 | 0.25 |
| 1901 | 21 | #419 | 0.20 |
| 1900 | 21 | #526 | 0.14 |
| 1899 | 24 | #381 | 0.23 |
| 1898 | 34 | #332 | 0.28 |
| 1897 | 22 | #406 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 38 | #305 | 0.32 |
| 1895 | 26 | #379 | 0.22 |
| 1894 | 24 | #384 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 31 | #315 | 0.28 |
| 1892 | 23 | #402 | 0.19 |
| 1891 | 38 | #263 | 0.38 |
| 1890 | 34 | #298 | 0.31 |
| 1889 | 27 | #345 | 0.24 |
| 1888 | 29 | #345 | 0.24 |
| 1887 | 22 | #353 | 0.22 |
| 1886 | 36 | #286 | 0.32 |
| 1885 | 18 | #433 | 0.17 |
| 1884 | 32 | #310 | 0.28 |
| 1883 | 23 | #352 | 0.22 |
| 1882 | 30 | #315 | 0.26 |
| 1881 | 24 | #340 | 0.24 |
| 1880 | 29 | #316 | 0.26 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Omer a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Omer has been given almost only to boys: 67 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Omer: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Omer, and how old are they?
3,420 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 8,923 Americans ever recorded as Omer. The median Omer alive today is 26 years old; half are between 12 and 54.
The 2020 Census counted 5,770 people named Omer (89 women and girls, 5,681 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,414 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 260 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 469 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 284 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 493 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 951 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 961 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Omer born?
The states with the most babies named Omer are Kentucky, New York and Indiana, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Indiana are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 597 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| New York | 414 | #1,267 | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 352 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Massachusetts | 333 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 290 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 245 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 226 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 206 | #2,392 | 0.4× |
| Oklahoma | 193 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Arkansas | 153 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Omer is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Omer is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 3.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Omer with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 117,677 babies since 1880, Omer is the second most given (7.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 70 of their 1,470 babies (4.8%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Omer
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Omer and names like it
- Compare Omer and OmarBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sOmer peaked in 1918.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Omer since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Omer: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Omer.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Omer alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with OMost given first.